Xotl was a
god of
death in the
Aztec pantheon, roughly equivalent in appearance and function to the
Egyptian
Anubis.
He was depicted with the head of a dog, and is supposed to have functioned as a kind of negative
Apollo or
Ra, guiding the sun safely through the underworld each night.
"Xotl" is also used as a prefix on certain
Nahuatl (
Aztec) words, generally meaning "to break" or "to destroy".
Also known as "
Xolotl".
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